Fastener for rods or pipes.



No. 64 7,l69. Patented Apr. l0. moo.

E. H. VOGEL. FASTENER FOR RODS 0R PIPES. (Application filed Apr. 5,1898. Renewed Jan. 30, 1900.) (No Model.)

M) ZTTORNE) wise needed, and the lengths of the prongs I by such a method.

, and more than all that can be sustained with ing undue resistance to flexure where .flexure ll iTED STATES I PATENT" ()F 'IcE.

ERNEST H. VOGEL, OF NEWYOBK, N. r, Asslcn'oa-ro 'IIIE CARY IMANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

FAsTEuER FoaRoos 0R PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,169, dated April 10, 1900.

Rods or Pipes or other Devices, of which the" following is a specification, reference being .had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the same,in which- -=Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a. plate of such a device, the prongs being omitted from one end and those at the other end shown in elevation. of such prong. when nnbent.. v

My desire is to produce a strong fastener that is, one whose prongswill hold firmly in what they are driven into, onewhich maybe easily driven, and yet one.- whose body may be bent to accommodate its intended location. If I endeavor to provide a long'stiff prong by striking up-the material of the plate, I must use a heavy plate, much heavier than is otherare necessarily limited toithat of the available material which may be removed from the plate. It is almost impracticable to get as stiff a prong as'is desired for many uses If it were accomplished, then the plate,-beingheavy, would be'a waste, of material, as so much weight is not often needed to give suflicient strength to hold all out drawing out the prongs. Moreover, as-in supporting pipes or in other uses itmight be necessary to bend the plate moreor less to accommodate diiferent situations, undue ma terial in the plate is an objectiomas p'resent is often desired. Nor is the'driying-surface as desirable in a plate thus arranged as. in the one shown. On the other hand, if I use a plate and prong not secured together there is the disadvantage of beingobliged to insert each prong separately, oftentimes while hold ing up the'article to be sec'uredf-an'd alsoutodrive each separately-that is, drive one after Application tiled A an 5. rats. Renewed January 30, 1900. Serial 110.3,296. (No model.)

porting object. fer the particular style of fastener shown.

the othersince the hammercould not [wen be operated to drive at oneblow three separate prongs which are merely inserted loosely in the plate. I avoid all these objections.

First,'I take a plate Pof such length, width,

and thickness as may be desired for the use itis to subserve, regardless of the question of prong, and I preferably perforate it at the ends with holes h h for the securing of the prongs, preferably two-holes for each prong, as shown. Then, having prepared the prongs p of such length, diameter, and sharpness at the point'as I wish, preferably beveling both ends, I insert the end e of each prong through one perforation, bend it over, force it through the other perforation,,and secure it in place by flattening down the short beveled end a, as shown. I may not always follow the eX maybe desirable especially in machine-work, to'vary the steps noted but in fashioning an -act order .:0f. ex.e 1c'1ses herein set forth,.as. it 7.

article suchas shown the proceedings noted in some order would be observed. Nordo I mean to limit myself to a Chinese copy of the device shown.

- My purpose is to produce a fastener composed of a plate and'one or more independent prongs secured thereto so as to be held in position to present-a good driving surface or head H and yet to be so arranged as to present no objectionable protuberance below that would greatly interfere with the holding of the plate of the fastenerclose to the sup- At the same time I do pre- Its plate may be readily struck out of suitable sheet metal and perforated for the reception of the prongs. Though of great tensile strength it may be of quite flexible ma terial, so light in weight as to'waste-snbstantially nothing in its make up. At the same time the prongs may. be made of wire of a heavy'gage, if desired, and anywished-for length and form. end (so called) permits it to be riveted down substantially flat'on the underside of the plate and the bight of t'he material. of the prong.

The three prongs thus arranged may be driven The bevelingof the short passing over the upper surface of. the plate presents an excellent head for driving.

as one; They take a firm hold and the united H article presents just the featn res desired'and" avoids those which are objectionablcf proper and another portion being Of course I may vary the number of the prongs, as Well as their proportions or arrangement or other features. So, too, I might avoid perforations by passing the bight of the prong across thelplateinstead of through it. What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, -is 1'. As a new' article of manufacture, a fastening device composed of a plate and Queer more independent prongs, portions of which prong lie on each side of and embrace or clamp some portion of the plate between them, the part below being in line with-that above and in the same plane with the projecting prong, one end of said prong extending beyond the under side of the plate to constitute a prong left upon the upper side of the plate,- substantially as set forth, whereby it will constitute a driving} head, all combined substantially as set forth.

l l l l l tening device composed of a plate and one or more independent prongs, one end of the prong extending through an aperture'in the plate to forma prong proper, the middle portion extending along the upper surface of the plate in a right line to a second aperture and forming a d riving-head and the other end being passed through said second aperture, and bent down upon the opposite face of the plate, in the same plane as the remainder of the prong, which constitutes 'the head and the prong proper, all substantially as set forth;

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 1st day of April, A. I). 1808.

ER-Nnsr .u. VOGEL. WVitnesses:

PETER- ll. VERMILYA, A. G. N. Vnmrrmw-- I 

